NEW ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE

Otago Witness, Issue 3972, 29 April 1930, Page 62

NEW ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE

DISTINGUISHED GATHERING IN WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON April 27. lhe ceremony of blessing and laving „ tion ston . e of the new St. Patr rick s College at Silverstream took place to ( ay.. liiere was a distinguished gathermg of prelates, clergy, and friends the eoliege. All the members of the / . , Merarchy of New Zealand 1 ” ls Redwood and Archbishop Wellington, Bishop Ilrodie, of Christchurch, Bishop Whyte, of Dum edm, and Bislmp Liston, of Auckland) were present. The ceremony was unique, inasmuch as Archbishop Redwood, who hud the foundation stone of the present St Patrick’s College in Wellington 46 years ago, and who is now in his ninety; second year, laid the found, tion stone of the new St. Patrick’s College. The gathering included old boys of the college from all parts of New Zealand and from Australia.

The present St. Patrick’s College iij Cambridge terrace will be retained as a day school. A feature of the progress of this college in recent years has been a remarkable increase in ‘the number of day scholars, of whom there are now about 200.

The contract price for the new buildmg is £76.020. It is hoped, however, to proceed with the chapel before the present contract is completed, and this will mean an additional £13,000. The chapel is to be a memorial to deceased old boys, especially to those who gave their lives in the Great War. The site is acknowledged to be one of the finest in New Zealand. The college authorities secured 880 acres, perhaps the finest property in the Hutt Valley, bounded by the iteretaunga golf links on the north and the beautiful Wellington City Council Alenio rial Park on the south. The buildings are being erected on a terrace near tine main road in the centre of a smiling plain surrounded by low forested hills. Grounds for football, cricket, lawn tennis, and golf will be laid out before th" end of this year.